idé-eolaí

Irish

Etymology

From idé (“idea”) +‎ eolaí (“-logist”).

Noun

idé-eolaí m (genitive singular idé-eolaí, nominative plural idé-eolaithe)

1. ideologist, ideologue

Declension

Declension of idé-eolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative idé-eolaí idé-eolaithe vocative a idé-eolaí a idé-eolaithe genitive idé-eolaí idé-eolaithe dative idé-eolaí idé-eolaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-idé-eolaí na hidé-eolaithe genitive an idé-eolaí na n-idé-eolaithe dative leis an idé-eolaí don idé-eolaí leis na hidé-eolaithe

Related terms

• idé-eolaíoch (“ideologic(al)”, adjective)
• idé-eolaíocht f (“ideology”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of idé-eolaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
idé-eolaí	n-idé-eolaí	hidé-eolaí	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idé-eolaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ideological”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025